Feeling a little down today. Perhaps its the uncertainty at work, perhaps its all the ad hoc work coming in, perhaps its just some hormonal driven mood swings.
But it was just yesterday that I was feeling happy, beaming with excitement for my upcoming wedding, looking forward to our holiday to Alaska & Canada. How my mood swings... and its not even that time of the month...
Actually work has not been that bad, I've been able to leave at 5pm most days. Work load is manageable at the moment, its pretty quiet in office actually. Everyone is just waiting for more news on the integration, wondering what will happen to our regional office and whether 3 months down the road we will still have our job. I guess for the younger ones, like myself, we aren't really worrying about our jobs. The job market currently is good - at least that’s in our favour. Older employees - I'm sure they are having a mix of feelings at the moment. The prospect of losing their job can be quite worrying, not knowing whether they'll be able to find another job given their mid 40s 50s age group. And they have more financial commitments, for sure, compared to us - children, housing loans, etc... BUT having said that, having worked here for a good number of years, if there were to be a retrenchment, the payout should be quite a sum to look forward to as well isnt it.. but perhaps, for some, having a steady flow of monthly income for a few more good years would seem more desirable.
On my end, I'm open to any of the possible outcomes :
1) The regional office closes down, moves to SH & I lose my job - I'll look for a new job after my wedding.
2) The regional office closes down, moves to SH & I am posted to SH - sounds good, if the package is attractive enough, we will both pack our bags!
3) Business as usual for the regional office - hmm, this is the difficult part - to stay or move on?
I guess Option 3 depends on the pay increment and bonus which I'll know next month. =)
But it was just yesterday that I was feeling happy, beaming with excitement for my upcoming wedding, looking forward to our holiday to Alaska & Canada. How my mood swings... and its not even that time of the month...
Actually work has not been that bad, I've been able to leave at 5pm most days. Work load is manageable at the moment, its pretty quiet in office actually. Everyone is just waiting for more news on the integration, wondering what will happen to our regional office and whether 3 months down the road we will still have our job. I guess for the younger ones, like myself, we aren't really worrying about our jobs. The job market currently is good - at least that’s in our favour. Older employees - I'm sure they are having a mix of feelings at the moment. The prospect of losing their job can be quite worrying, not knowing whether they'll be able to find another job given their mid 40s 50s age group. And they have more financial commitments, for sure, compared to us - children, housing loans, etc... BUT having said that, having worked here for a good number of years, if there were to be a retrenchment, the payout should be quite a sum to look forward to as well isnt it.. but perhaps, for some, having a steady flow of monthly income for a few more good years would seem more desirable.
On my end, I'm open to any of the possible outcomes :
1) The regional office closes down, moves to SH & I lose my job - I'll look for a new job after my wedding.
2) The regional office closes down, moves to SH & I am posted to SH - sounds good, if the package is attractive enough, we will both pack our bags!
3) Business as usual for the regional office - hmm, this is the difficult part - to stay or move on?
I guess Option 3 depends on the pay increment and bonus which I'll know next month. =)
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